Handsome Sunbird
HANDSOME SUNBIRD
Aethopyga bella
Family Nectariniidae
Bird # 290 - January 2011
This is a bird that really lives up to its name! It is beautifully colored. We were able to fully appreciate its colors because it stayed on the flowering plant for a long time. We saw it on two different plants. On the second day, it was on a low tree that was covered in small white flowers. That tree was a bonanza for us -- there were 10 different kinds of birds on it!
This species was split from the Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi found in Balabac, Busuanga, Culion, and Palawan.
The other races are:
rubrinota - Lubang
flavipectus - northern Luzon
minuta - central and southern Luzaon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Polillo
bella - Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar, Siargao
arolasi - Jolo, Tawi-tawi
bonita - Cebu, Mabate, Negros, Panay, Ticao
Read MoreAethopyga bella
Family Nectariniidae
Bird # 290 - January 2011
This is a bird that really lives up to its name! It is beautifully colored. We were able to fully appreciate its colors because it stayed on the flowering plant for a long time. We saw it on two different plants. On the second day, it was on a low tree that was covered in small white flowers. That tree was a bonanza for us -- there were 10 different kinds of birds on it!
This species was split from the Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi found in Balabac, Busuanga, Culion, and Palawan.
The other races are:
rubrinota - Lubang
flavipectus - northern Luzon
minuta - central and southern Luzaon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Polillo
bella - Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar, Siargao
arolasi - Jolo, Tawi-tawi
bonita - Cebu, Mabate, Negros, Panay, Ticao
HANDSOME SUNBIRD Aethopyga bella bonita Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu This is the Cebu race. It has a lot of red on the chest, similar to the Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi found in Palawan.
